LIVE-TICKER - War in Ukraine: Dead in air raid on Kharkiv +++ Russian attack on Kyiv during visit of Friedrich Merz

During a Russian air attack on Kharkiv, the second-largest city in Ukraine, one person was killed. Six others were injured, Reuters reported, citing Mayor Ihor Terekhov. He published this information on Telegram late Sunday evening. War in Ukraine: Dead from air attack on Kharkiv +++ Russian attack on Kyiv during Friedrich Merz's visit Russia has been at war with Ukraine for over four years. The most important developments in overview. For the photo gallery "The latest developments of the Ukraine war in pictures" Optimize your browser settings NZZ.ch requires JavaScript for important functions. Your browser or ad blocker is currently preventing this. Please adjust the settings. German Chancellor Friedrich Merz strengthened the Ukrainians' back in the fight against Russia with a solidarity visit to Kyiv and announced another one billion euros in military aid. Merz also strongly appealed to the Russian president: "Mr. Putin, stop this senseless war!" The Chancellor said he was ready for talks, saying this in front of the ruins of the Academy of Sciences destroyed by a drone attack a few days earlier. "But these barbaric attacks on the civilian population of Ukraine must stop." According to representatives of the German government, during Merz's visit to Ukraine, agreements between German companies and Ukraine worth around 6.6 billion euros were also signed. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said that Germany and Ukraine are close to concluding a comprehensive defense agreement. The Russian Ministry of Defence has announced a further intensification of its strikes against Kyiv and other regions of Ukraine. The Ministry reported that Moscow is reacting to threats from Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky to attack further military objects and armaments factories in Russia. Thanks to Western billions and military aid, Ukraine has recently significantly expanded its attacks on oil refineries and other targets in Russia. Kremlin chief Vladimir Putin admitted damage to the country's economy and had already threatened even more intense attacks in the war against Ukraine ordered by him since February 2022. Since then, there have also been massive Russian air attacks on Kyiv and other regions during the day. Ukraine and Russia also reported severe attacks with casualties among the civilian population on both sides. In the Russian border region of Belgorod, authorities reported at the morning at least three dead and twelve injured after Ukrainian attacks. In Kyiv, a Russian attack triggered a drone alarm after the arrival of German Chancellor Friedrich Merz. Mayor Vitali Klitschko informed on Telegram in the morning about a strike on the road of the North Bridge of the Ukrainian capital. He had already reported a drone alarm in the early morning. Debris from an downed aircraft had fallen on the roof of a residential building. Other parts of Ukraine also triggered air alarms due to Russian attacks. In the Sumy region in northeastern Ukraine, authorities reported five injured after an attack with a Russian cluster bomb. It had hit a residential building. According to an analysis by the US Institute for War Studies (ISW) in September, Russia lost more territory in Ukraine than it gained. The loss amounted to around 81 square kilometers, the institute shared on the X platform. The claims by Kremlin chief Vladimir Putin about Russian territorial gains on the front in September were so far from reality, "that they resembled hallucinations." The ISW could not assess whether Putin knew that the figures he presented were false, it continued. It was also possible that he used "fictitious information about the situation on the front." The "culture of lies" is deeply rooted in Russian military leadership. Putin claimed that the Russian forces had occupied more than 1300 square kilometers in September. A few days ago, Putin announced the complete conquest of the Ukrainian Donbas region in less than eighteen months. He assumes that this would happen much sooner given the advance of Russian troops. However, the front line has remained largely unchanged in many sections for several months. At the attack by Russian combat drones in the Kharkiv region of eastern Ukraine, at least two people were killed. The drones had pursued and hit two private cars, according to regional authorities. A passenger in one of the cars was seriously injured. According to the authorities, a series of vehicles were attacked and destroyed by Russian drones during the day, but no one was harmed. Just the day before, two people had died in a Russian air attack on Kharkiv according to official sources. Another 32 people were injured by cluster bombs, the regional military administrator Oleh Synjehubov reported on Telegram. In a Russian attack on a freighter in the port of the Ukrainian coastal city of Odesa, a crew member was killed. Three other sailors were injured in the attack, as the port authorities reported on Telegram. 13 other crew members of the freighter flying the Liberian flag were evacuated to a safe place. The attack was judged as another targeted attack by Russia on civil shipping. No information was given about the nationality of the victims of the attack. The Russian military meanwhile claimed to have attacked and damaged a freighter loaded with military goods in Odesa. According to the interpretation of the Russians, all ships attacked by them in Ukrainian ports are loaded with military goods. The Russian Foreign Ministry has again warned foreign visitors and diplomats against staying in the Ukrainian capital Kyiv. They should rather leave the city or not stay near military objects and government buildings, according to a statement from the Foreign Ministry in Moscow. The Ministry stated as the reason that the Russian forces are "continuing systematic targeted blows against military targets in Kyiv and other Ukrainian cities in response to the terrorist actions of the Ukrainian forces against the civilian population and the civil infrastructure of our country (Russia)." According to official sources, Russian drones have struck the Moldovan territory. "Five Russian air attack weapons, including 'Banderol' missiles and drones, have violated our airspace and exploded on our ground," wrote Moldovan President Maia Sandu on the X platform. According to army reports, explosions in settlements in the southeastern part of Moldova were heard. There was no information about possible victims or damage. However, there was no air alarm in the adjacent southern Ukrainian Odesa at the said times. In the Ukrainian capital Kyiv, at least one person was killed in Russian drone attacks. Two others were injured, the city administration reported on Telegram. A drone had struck a residential building in the eastern part of the city. In addition, several bridges over the Dnipro River were blocked in the three-million city. Mayor Vitali Klitschko reported another drone strike on the South Bridge. A subway line and a road connection lead to this. Another road bridge was completely blocked and another partially blocked. However, there was no information about drone strikes. A total of seven bridges for subway, railway, and road traffic connect the east and west parts of Kyiv. The Russian Ministry of Defence in Moscow only reported drone attacks on a road and railway bridge important for Ukrainian military logistics. It also stated that a power substation west of Kyiv had been attacked. With agency material